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St Peter Chanel School ensures that all Student Protection legislative requirements are adhered to. This includes meeting the accreditation requirements of the Non-State School Accreditation Board, which has approved the Student Protection processes to be used in schools.

Your children and their safety and wellbeing are our priority. St Peter Chanel is committed to the protection of all our students from harm and abuse. There have been some recent changes to legislation in relation to reporting of student protection matters by schools.

Reporting of Concerns – At St Peter Chanel any concerns or reasonable suspicions we have about a student’s safety and wellbeing or the behaviour of a staff member or volunteer which a student considers to be inappropriate, will continue to be managed in accordance with Brisbane Catholic Education Student Protection Processes. All our staff recently undertook training on their reporting responsibilities. A link to the Brisbane Catholic Education Student Protection Processes can be found below or they can be accessed on Brisbane Catholic Education’s public website www.bne.catholic.edu.au Under the ‘Students and Parents’ tab select ‘Student Protection’ from the drop down menu and click on the relevant button.

Complaints Procedure - Brisbane Catholic Education has published a Complaints Procedure for Non-Compliance with BCE Student Protection Processes. A link to the Complaints Procedure can be found below. Parents or students may make a complaint via the Record of Complaint about Non-compliance with Brisbane Catholic Education Student Protection Processes which can be accessed via the link below or on Brisbane Catholic Education’s public website www.bne.catholic.edu.au Under the ‘Students and Parents’ tab select ‘Student Protection’ from the drop down menu and click on the relevant button.

The Student Protection Contacts at St Peter Chanel are:

Ms Margo Carwardine

Mrs Jenna Luscombe

Mrs Cheryl Cavanagh

Mrs Veronica King

Mrs Di Hitzke

These staff members are points of contact should any member of our community have a concern about the well-being of our children.

A hard copy of the Brisbane Catholic Education Student Protection Process is available for parent review from the School Office and Library during school hours.